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The Second Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project (KISIP 2) is a State project being implemented by the Government of Kenya (GOK) through the State Department for Housing and Urban Development, in collaboration with county governments through funding by the World Bank, the Agence Française de Development (AFD) and the European Union (EU).
It is a key Vision 2030 enabler project anchored in the Government’s agenda of enabling residents in participating urban informal settlements within selected counties benefit by having access to basic infrastructure services and land tenure security.
The project development objective is “to improve access to basic services and land tenure security of residents in participating urban informal settlements and strengthen institutional capacity for slum upgrading in Kenya”. KISIP2 is anchored in the Government’s agenda of enabling residents benefit by having access to basic infrastructure services and land tenure security. KISIP not only supports the achievement of the country’s urban development agenda, but also international goals such some Sustainable Development Goals and contributes to the goals of Kenya Vision 2030, whose objective for urban areas is to achieve “a well housed population living in environmentally secure urban environment”.
